2020–21 Scottish League Cup group stage

The 2020–21 Scottish League Cup Group stage took place from 6 October 2020 to 15 November 2020.[1] A total of 40 teams competed in the group stage. The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the four best runners-up progressed to the second round (last 16) of the 2020–21 Scottish League Cup.

2020–21 Scottish League Cup (Group Stage)

Country	Scotland
Dates	6 October 2020 – 15 November 2020
Teams	40
Matches played	77
Goals scored	237 (3.08 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Manny Duku, Alan Forrest & Stevie May (5 goals)
← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 15 November 2020.

Format

The group stage consisted of eight groups of five teams. The four clubs competing in the UEFA Champions League (Celtic) and Europa League (Rangers, Motherwell, and Aberdeen) qualifying rounds were given a bye through to the second round. The 40 teams taking part in the group stage consisted of the other eight teams that competed in the 2019–20 Scottish Premiership, and all of the teams that competed in the 2019–20 Scottish Championship, 2019–20 Scottish League One and 2019–20 Scottish League Two, as well as the 2019–20 Highland Football League and the 2019–20 Lowland Football League champions.

The winners of each of the eight groups, as well as the four best runners-up, progressed to the second round (last 16), which included the four UEFA qualifying clubs. At this stage, the competition reverted to the traditional knock-out format. The four group winners with the highest points total and the clubs entering at this stage were seeded, with the four group winners with the lowest points unseeded along with the four best runners-up.

The traditional point system of awarding three points for a win and one point for a draw was used, however, for each group stage match that finished in a draw, a penalty shoot-out took place, with the winner being awarded a bonus point.[2]

The draw for the group stage took place on 10 August 2020 and was broadcast live on FreeSports & the SPFL YouTube channel.

Teams

Seeding

Teams in Bold qualified for the second round.

Top seeds	Second seeds	Unseeded
01. St Johnstone 02. Hibernian 03. Ross County 04. Heart of Midlothian	05. Dundee United 06. Inverness CT 07. Dundee 08. Arbroath	09. Raith Rovers 10. Montrose 11. East Fife 12. Peterhead 13. Forfar Athletic 14. Cove Rangers 15. Elgin City 16. Cowdenbeath 17. Stirling Albion 18. Brechin City 19. Brora Rangers 20. Kelty Hearts

Source:[1]

Seeding

Top seeds	Second seeds	Unseeded
21. Livingston 22. Kilmarnock 23. St Mirren 24. Hamilton Academical	25. Ayr United 26. Dunfermline Athletic 27. Greenock Morton 28. Alloa Athletic	29. Queen of the South 30. Partick Thistle 31. Falkirk 32. Airdrieonians 33. Dumbarton 34. Clyde 35. Stranraer 36. Edinburgh City 37. Queen's Park 38. Annan Athletic 39. Stenhousemuir 40. Albion Rovers

Source:[1]

North

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HOM	RAI	ICT	EFI	COW
1	Heart of Midlothian	4	4	0	0	0	8	3	+5	12	Qualification for the Second Round		—	3–1	1–0	—	—
2	Raith Rovers	4	2	1	0	1	7	7	0	8			—	—	p3–3	2–1	—
3	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	4	1	1	1	1	4	4	0	6			—	—	—	1–0	p0–0
4	East Fife	4	1	0	0	3	5	6	−1	3			2–3	—	—	—	2–0
5	Cowdenbeath	4	0	0	1	3	0	4	−4	1			0–1	0–1	—	—	—

Source: [3]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[4]

Matches

6 October 2020	East Fife	2–0	Cowdenbeath	Methil
19:45	Hamilton  70' Wallace  82'	[5]		Stadium: Bayview Stadium Referee: Chris Graham

6 October 2020	Heart of Midlothian	1–0	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Edinburgh
19:45	Walker  62' (pen.)	[6]		Stadium: Tynecastle Park Referee: Steven McLean

10 October 2020	Cowdenbeath	0–1	Heart of Midlothian	Methil
15:00		[7]	Halkett  78'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Referee: Alan Newlands

10 October 2020	Raith Rovers	2–1	East Fife	Kirkcaldy
15:00	Hendry  45' Duku  87'	[8]	Newton  15'	Stadium: Stark's Park Referee: David Lowe

13 October 2020	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	0–0 (4–2 p)	Cowdenbeath	Inverness
18:30		[9]		Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Referee: Graham Beaton
	Penalties
	Keatings Todorov Welsh Allardice		Taylor Hamilton Swann Robertson

13 October 2020	Heart of Midlothian	3–1	Raith Rovers	Edinburgh
19:45	Wighton  2' (pen.), 40' (pen.), 87'	[10]	Duku  54'	Stadium: Tynecastle Park Referee: Craig Napier

10 November 2020	East Fife	2–3	Heart of Midlothian	Methil
19:45	Hamilton  39' Wallace  64'	[11]	Lee  1', 3' Irving  62'	Stadium: Bayview Stadium Referee: Euan Anderson

10 November 2020	Raith Rovers	3–3 (3–2 p)	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Kirkcaldy
19:45	Duku  11', 90' Devine  59' (o.g.)	[12]	Sutherland  24' Keatings  67' (pen.) MacGregor  69'	Stadium: Stark's Park Referee: Steven Reid
	Penalties
	Hendry Matthews Armstrong Spencer		Todorov Keatings Deas Allardice Kennedy

14 November 2020	Cowdenbeath	0–1	Raith Rovers	Cowdenbeath
15:00		[13]	Duku  36'	Stadium: Central Park Referee: David Lowe

14 November 2020	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	1–0	East Fife	Inverness
15:00	Sutherland  64'	[14]		Stadium: Caledonian Stadium Referee: Chris Graham

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HIB	DUN	COV	BRO	FOR
1	Hibernian	4	4	0	0	0	10	3	+7	12	Qualification for the Second Round		—	4–1	—	3–1	—
2	Dundee	4	3	0	0	1	9	4	+5	9			—	—	3–0	—	3–0
3	Cove Rangers	4	1	1	0	2	4	7	−3	5			1–2	—	—	—	1–0
4	Brora Rangers	4	0	0	2	2	6	10	−4	2			—	0–2	2–2p	—	—
5	Forfar Athletic	4	0	1	0	3	3	8	−5	2			0–1	—	—	p3–3	—

Source: [15]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[4]

Matches

6 October 2020	Dundee	3–0 (awarded)^[A]	Forfar Athletic	Dundee
19:45				Stadium: Dens Park

7 October 2020	Hibernian	3–1	Brora Rangers	Edinburgh
19:45	Mallan  8', 12' Hanlon  89'	[16]	Gillespie  61'	Stadium: Easter Road Referee: Alan Muir

10 October 2020	Cove Rangers	1–2	Hibernian	Aberdeen
12:30	Higgins  17'	[17]	Gullan  49' Nisbet  60'	Stadium: Balmoral Stadium Referee: Euan Anderson

10 October 2020	Brora Rangers	0–2	Dundee	Brora
15:00		[18]	Dorrans  11' Mullen  27'	Stadium: Dudgeon Park Referee: Barry Cook

13 October 2020	Brora Rangers	2–2 (5–6 p)	Cove Rangers	Brora
19:45	MacLean  29' Wagenaar  72'	[19]	McAllister  18' Semple  28'	Stadium: Dudgeon Park Referee: Duncan Williams
	Penalties
	Wagenaar MacLean A. MacRae J. MacRae Malin Nicolson Williamson		Semple Milne Watson Livingstone Higgins Yule McKenzie

13 October 2020	Forfar Athletic	0–1	Hibernian	Forfar
19:45		[20]	Gray  87'	Stadium: Station Park Referee: David Munro

10 November 2020	Dundee	3–0	Cove Rangers	Dundee
19:45	McGowan  6' Mullen  84' Adam  87' (pen.)	[21]		Stadium: Dens Park Referee: Craig Napier

10 November 2020	Forfar Athletic	3–3 (4–3 p)	Brora Rangers	Forfar
19:45	MacKintosh  34', 81' Allan  97' (pen.)	[22]	Irvine  42' (o.g.) MacLean  52' J. MacRae  84'	Stadium: Station Park Referee: Grant Irvine
	Penalties
	Allan Shepherd Barr Breadner Antoniazzi		Nicolson Brindle A. MacRae J. MacRae MacLean

14 November 2020	Cove Rangers	1–0	Forfar Athletic	Aberdeen
15:00	McAllister  68' (pen.)	[23]		Stadium: Balmoral Stadium Referee: Duncan Williams

15 November 2020	Hibernian	4–1	Dundee	Edinburgh
16:30	Mallan  10' Nisbet  76' Gullan  80' Hallberg  82'	[24]	Elliott  71'	Stadium: Easter Road Referee: John Beaton

Notes

1. ^
   A: Dundee were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Forfar Athletic who were unable to raise a team after a player tested positive for COVID-19.[25]

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STJ	DUN	PET	KEL	BRE
1	St Johnstone	4	3	0	1	0	12	2	+10	10	Qualification for the Second Round		—	0–0p	—	—	7–0
2	Dundee United	4	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	8			—	—	0–1	1–0	—
3	Peterhead	4	2	1	0	1	6	5	+1	8			1–3	—	—	—	3–1
4	Kelty Hearts	4	1	0	1	2	4	4	0	4			1–2	—	1–1p	—	—
5	Brechin City	4	0	0	0	4	3	18	−15	0			—	2–6	—	0–2	—

Source: [26]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[4]

Matches

7 October 2020	Kelty Hearts	1–2	St Johnstone	Kelty
19:45	Tidser  71'	[27]	Kerr  45+2' Kane  60'	Stadium: New Central Park Referee: Alan Newlands

7 October 2020	Brechin City	2–6	Dundee United	Brechin
19:45	Inglis  52' (pen.) Currie  54'	[28]	Clark  15', 18' Butcher  40' Harkes  47' Smith  60', 90+3'	Stadium: Glebe Park Referee: Steven Kirkland

10 October 2020	Dundee United	0–1	Peterhead	Dundee
15:00		[29]	Boyd  51'	Stadium: Tannadice Park Referee: Bobby Madden

10 October 2020	St Johnstone	7–0	Brechin City	Perth
15:00	May  3', 58', 62' Wotherspoon  25', 56' Hendry  88' (pen.) Davidson  90'	[30]		Stadium: McDiarmid Park Referee: Craig Napier

13 October 2020	Dundee United	1–0	Kelty Hearts	Dundee
19:45	Edwards  45+3'	[31]		Stadium: Tannadice Park Referee: Don Robertson

13 October 2020	Peterhead	3–1	Brechin City	Peterhead
19:45	Layne  13', 17' Boyd  24'	[32]	Inglis  46'	Stadium: Balmoor Stadium Referee: Chris Graham

10 November 2020	Kelty Hearts	1–1 (3–5 p)	Peterhead	Kelty
19:45	Stevenson  66'	[33]	Fraser  49'	Stadium: New Central Park Referee: Gavin Ross
	Penalties
	Tidser Boyle Stevenson Easton		Brown Fraser Boyd Lyle Conroy

10 November 2020	St Johnstone	0–0 (3–4 p)	Dundee United	Perth
19:45		[34]		Stadium: McDiarmid Park Referee: Don Robertson
	Penalties
	May Booth Conway Tanser Craig		McNulty Harkes Connolly Reynolds Clark

14 November 2020	Brechin City	0–2	Kelty Hearts	Brechin
15:00		[35]	Easton  48' McNab  79'	Stadium: Glebe Park Referee: Graham Grainger

14 November 2020	Peterhead	1–3	St Johnstone	Peterhead
15:00	Rooney  78' (o.g.)	[36]	May  49' (pen.), 60' (pen.) Kane  77'	Stadium: Balmoor Stadium Referee: Euan Anderson

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROS	ARB	ELG	STI	MON
1	Ross County	4	3	1	0	0	12	5	+7	11	Qualification for the Second Round		—	2–1	—	3–0	—
2	Arbroath	4	3	0	0	1	9	4	+5	9			—	—	3–0	—	3–1
3	Elgin City	4	2	0	0	2	5	7	−2	6			1–4	—	—	2–0	—
4	Stirling Albion	4	1	0	0	3	3	8	−5	3			—	1–2	—	—	2–1
5	Montrose	4	0	0	1	3	5	10	−5	1			3–3p	—	0–2	—	—

Source: [37]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[4]

Matches

6 October 2020	Stirling Albion	1–2	Arbroath	Stirling
19:45	Ryan  76'	[38]	Donnelly  14' O'Brien  32'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Referee: Barry Cook

7 October 2020	Montrose	3–3 (4–5 p)	Ross County	Montrose
19:45	Webster  63' Ballantyne  67' Steeves  89'	[39]	Shaw  13' Mckay  15' Charles-Cook  52'	Stadium: Links Park Referee: Gavin Duncan
	Penalties
	Webster Steeves Milne Campbell Rennie		Stewart Mckay Paton Gardyne Lakin

10 October 2020	Arbroath	3–1	Montrose	Arbroath
15:00	Swankie  27' Thomson  43' O'Brien  86'	[40]	Webster  10'	Stadium: Gayfield Park Referee: Graham Beaton

10 October 2020	Elgin City	2–0	Stirling Albion	Elgin
15:00	Hester  67' Dingwall  81' (pen.)	[41]		Stadium: Borough Briggs Referee: Dan McFarlane

13 October 2020	Montrose	0–2	Elgin City	Montrose
19:45		[42]	O'Keefe  27' Peters  36'	Stadium: Links Park Referee: David Dickinson

13 October 2020	Ross County	2–1	Arbroath	Dingwall
19:45	Stewart  65', 68' (pen.)	[43]	Hilson  49'	Stadium: Victoria Park Referee: Steven McLean

10 November 2020	Elgin City	1–4	Ross County	Elgin
19:45	Cameron  80'	[44]	Shaw  5' Iacovitti  45' Paton  51' Lakin  77'	Stadium: Borough Briggs Referee: Gavin Duncan

10 November 2020	Stirling Albion	2–1	Montrose	Stirling
19:45	Heaver  35' Mackin  41'	[45]	Hawke  20'	Stadium: Forthbank Stadium Referee: Peter Stuart

14 November 2020	Ross County	3–0	Stirling Albion	Dingwall
15:00	Shaw  21' Stewart  50' (pen.) Charles-Cook  71'	[46]		Stadium: Victoria Park Referee: Alan Muir

14 November 2020	Arbroath	3–0	Elgin City	Arbroath
15:25	Gold  30', 39' Stewart  82'	[47]		Stadium: Gayfield Park Referee: Steven MacLean

South

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		DNF	FAL	KIL	CLY	DUM
1	Dunfermline Athletic	4	4	0	0	0	9	2	+7	12	Qualification for the Second Round		—	2–0	—	3–2	—
2	Falkirk	4	3	0	0	1	9	3	+6	9			—	—	3–0	2–1	—
3	Kilmarnock	4	2	0	0	2	4	6	−2	6			0–3	—	—	—	2–0
4	Clyde	4	1	0	0	3	6	9	−3	3			—	—	0–2	—	3–2
5	Dumbarton	4	0	0	0	4	2	10	−8	0			0–1	0–4	—	—	—

Source: [48]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[4]

Matches

6 October 2020	Dumbarton	0–1	Dunfermline Athletic	Dumbarton
19:45		[49]	O'Hara  26' (pen.)	Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Referee: Gavin Ross

6 October 2020	Falkirk	3–0 (awarded)^[B]	Kilmarnock	Falkirk
19:45				Stadium: Falkirk Stadium

9 October 2020	Dunfermline Athletic	2–0	Falkirk	Dunfermline
19:45	Murray  58', 65'	[50]		Stadium: East End Park Referee: Grant Irvine

10 October 2020	Clyde	3–2	Dumbarton	Cumbernauld
15:00	Cuddihy  10' Goodwillie  22' (pen.) Cunningham  45'	[51]	Hamilton  40' Jones  55'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium Referee: Scott Lambie

13 October 2020	Falkirk	2–1	Clyde	Falkirk
19:45	Keena  13' Morrison  47' (pen.)	[52]	Goodwillie  17'	Stadium: Falkirk Stadium Referee: Lloyd Wilson

13 October 2020	Kilmarnock	0–3	Dunfermline Athletic	Kilmarnock
19:45		[53]	E. Murray  56' F. Murray  73', 83'	Stadium: Rugby Park Referee: Andrew Dallas

10 November 2020	Clyde	0–2	Kilmarnock	Cumbernauld
19:45		[54]	Whitehall  44', 49'	Stadium: Broadwood Stadium Referee: Greg Aitken

10 November 2020	Dumbarton	0–4	Falkirk	Dumbarton
19:45		[55]	C. Morrison  12', 49' Sammon  73' Dowds  82'	Stadium: Dumbarton Football Stadium Referee: Scott Lambie

14 November 2020	Dunfermline Athletic	3–2	Clyde	Dunfermline
15:00	O'Hara  60' (pen.) McManus  87' Watson  90+1'	[56]	Love  35' Lamont  51'	Stadium: East End Park Referee: David Dickinson

14 November 2020	Kilmarnock	2–0	Dumbarton	Kilmarnock
15:00	Brophy  3' Pinnock  45+2'	[57]		Stadium: Rugby Park Referee: Gavin Duncan

Notes

1. ^
   B: Falkirk were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Kilmarnock who were unable to raise a team after six players tested positive for COVID-19.[58]

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AYR	ANN	STR	HAM	ALB
1	Ayr United	4	2	1	0	1	8	5	+3	8	Qualification for the Second Round		—	1–0	p1–1	—	—
2	Annan Athletic	4	2	0	1	1	9	4	+5	7			—	—	1–1p	3–1	—
3	Stranraer	4	1	1	2	0	6	5	+1	7			—	—	—	2–1	2–2p
4	Hamilton Academical	4	2	0	0	2	7	6	+1	6			2–1	—	—	—	3–0
5	Albion Rovers	4	0	1	0	3	5	15	−10	2			2–5	1–5	—	—	—

Source: [59]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[4]

Matches

6 October 2020	Albion Rovers	2–5	Ayr United	Coatbridge
19:45	Aitken  23' (pen.), 38'	[60]	McCowan  30' Walsh  35' Anderson  40', 82' Zanatta  59'	Stadium: Cliftonhill Referee: David Lowe

6 October 2020	Annan Athletic	3–1	Hamilton Academical	Annan
19:45	Swinglehurst  31' Fulton  38' Purdue  43'	[61]	McMann  51'	Stadium: Galabank Referee: Craig Napier

10 October 2020	Annan Athletic	1–1 (4–5 p)	Stranraer	Annan
15:00	Moxon  55'	[62]	Paton  37'	Stadium: Galabank Referee: Stewart Luke
	Penalties
	Docherty Clark Moxon Wright Fleming Splaine		Orr Elliott Stirling McManus Burns Gallagher

10 October 2020	Hamilton Academical	2–1	Ayr United	Hamilton
15:00	Ogkmpoe  19' Trafford  36'	[63]	Moffat  68'	Stadium: New Douglas Park Referee: Colin Steven

13 October 2020	Stranraer	2–2 (14–15 p)	Albion Rovers	Stranraer
19:30	Sonkur  18' Paton  58'	[64]	Jamieson  29' Fotheringham  44'	Stadium: Stair Park Referee: Calum Scott
	Penalties
	Orr Elliott Stirling McManus Cummins Paton Burns Devitt Fleming Millar Robertson Orr Elliott Stirling McManus		Aitken Wilson Ecrepont Lynas Skeoch Fotheringham Leslie Doherty Burke Fagan Goodfellow Aitken Wilson Ecrepont Lynas

13 October 2020	Ayr United	1–0	Annan Athletic	Ayr
19:45	Moffat  24' (pen.)	[65]		Stadium: Somerset Park Referee: Grant Irvine

10 November 2020	Albion Rovers	1–5	Annan Athletic	Coatbridge
19:45	Dolan  90+1'	[66]	Wright  16', 21' Fleming  28', 76' Docherty  35' (pen.)	Stadium: Cliftonhill Referee: Dan McFarlane

11 November 2020	Stranraer	2–1	Hamilton Academical	Stranraer
19:30	Orr  34' Duffy  81'	[67]	Odoffin  71'	Stadium: Stair Park Referee: Willie Collum

14 November 2020	Ayr United	1–1 (6–5 p)	Stranraer	Ayr
15:00	McCowan  47'	[68]	Duffy  2'	Stadium: Somerset Park Referee: Barry Cook
	Penalties
	Anderson Moffat Chalmers McKenzie McCowan Miller		Hilton Duffy Victoria Cummins Paton Orr

14 November 2020	Hamilton Academical	3–0 (awarded)^[C]	Albion Rovers	Hamilton
15:00				Stadium: New Douglas Park

Notes

1. ^
   C: Hamilton Academical were awarded a technical 3−0 win over Albion Rovers who were unable to raise a team after one player tested positive for COVID-19 and two players had to self-isolate.[69]

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		STM	QOS	PAR	GMO	QPK
1	St Mirren	4	2	2	0	0	8	4	+4	10	Qualification for the Second Round		—	—	4–1	p1–1	—
2	Queen of the South	4	1	1	2	0	7	5	+2	7			2–2p	—	0–0p	—	—
3	Partick Thistle	4	1	2	0	1	3	4	−1	7			—	—	—	p0–0	2–0
4	Greenock Morton	4	1	0	3	0	4	3	+1	6			—	2–2p	—	—	1–0
5	Queen's Park	4	0	0	0	4	1	7	−6	0			0–1	1–3	—	—	—

Source: [70]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[4]

Matches

6 October 2020	Greenock Morton	2–2 (2–4 p)	Queen of the South	Greenock
19:45	McGinty  18' Nesbitt  68'	[71]	Dobbie  53' Shields  79'	Stadium: Cappielow Referee: Don Robertson
	Penalties
	Jacobs Colville Muirhead Omar		McKee McCabe Gibson Shields Buchanan

7 October 2020	St Mirren	4–1	Partick Thistle	Paisley
19:45	Tait  45+1' Obika  74' Breen  81' (o.g.) Connolly  82'	[72]	Spittal  66'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Referee: Colin Steven

10 October 2020	Partick Thistle	2–0	Queen's Park	Glasgow
15:00	Cardle  66', 81'	[73]		Stadium: Firhill Stadium Referee: Kevin Graham

10 October 2020	Queen of the South	2–2 (2–4 p)	St Mirren	Dumfries
15:00	Shields  8' Fitzpatrick  12'	[74]	McGrath  51' Fraser  81'	Stadium: Palmerston Park Referee: Willie Collum
	Penalties
	McKee Gibson Buchanan Obileye		McGrath MacPherson Morias Connolly

13 October 2020	Greenock Morton	1–0	Queen's Park	Greenock
19:45	Blues  51'	[75]		Stadium: Cappielow Referee: Gavin Ross

13 October 2020	Queen of the South	0–0 (2–3 p)	Partick Thistle	Dumfries
19:45		[76]		Stadium: Palmerston Park Referee: Peter Stuart
	Penalties
	Obileye McCabe Buchanan Gibson Nortey		Rudden Docherty Spittal Kouider-Aïssa McKenna

10 November 2020	Queen's Park	1–3	Queen of the South	Glasgow
19:45	Quitongo  2'	[77]	East  22' Joseph  32' Maxwell  80'	Stadium: Hampden Park[78] Referee: Alan Newlands

11 November 2020	St Mirren	1–1 (6–5 p)	Greenock Morton	Paisley
19:45	Obika  39'	[79]	Maciver  60'	Stadium: St Mirren Park Referee: Bobby Madden
	Penalties
	Dennis McGrath Connolly Erwin Foley Fraser Mason		Jacobs Maciver Omar McGuffie Oliver McGinty McPake

14 November 2020	Partick Thistle	0–0 (4–2 p)	Greenock Morton	Glasgow
15:00		[80]		Stadium: Firhill Stadium Referee: Steven Kirkland
	Penalties
	Bannigan Foster Cardle Penrice		Jacobs Wallace McGinty Omar

14 November 2020	Queen's Park	0–1	St Mirren	Glasgow
15:00		[81]	Obika  81'	Stadium: Hampden Park[78] Referee: Greg Aitken

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIV	ALO	EDI	AIR	STE
1	Livingston	4	4	0	0	0	15	3	+12	12	Qualification for the Second Round		—	2–1	—	4–1	—
2	Alloa Athletic	4	3	0	0	1	9	5	+4	9			—	—	2–1	—	4–2
3	Edinburgh City	4	1	0	1	2	5	9	−4	4			1–5	—	—	—	2–2p
4	Airdrieonians	4	1	0	0	3	3	7	−4	3			—	0–2	0–1	—	—
5	Stenhousemuir	4	0	1	0	3	4	12	−8	2			0–4	—	—	0–2	—

Source: [82]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[4]

Matches

6 October 2020	Edinburgh City	1–5	Livingston	Edinburgh
19:45	Handling  70' (pen.)	[83]	Robinson  7' Mullin  22', 40' Poplatnik  65' Lokotsch  77'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Referee: Willie Collum

7 October 2020	Airdrieonians	0–2	Alloa Athletic	Airdrie
19:45		[84]	Trouten  14' (pen.) Thomson  69'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Referee: Steven Reid

10 October 2020	Edinburgh City	2–2 (2–4 p)	Stenhousemuir	Edinburgh
15:00	B. Henderson  43' De Vita  52'	[85]	Biabi  9' Tapping  85'	Stadium: Ainslie Park Referee: Matthew MacDermid
	Penalties
	L. Henderson Balatoni See Thomson		Munro Blair Spence Tapping

10 October 2020	Livingston	2–1	Alloa Athletic	Livingston
15:00	Forrest  46' Mullin  50'	[86]	Thomson  31'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Referee: Alan Muir

13 October 2020	Stenhousemuir	0–2	Airdrieonians	Stenhousemuir
19:30		[87]	McKay  47' Thomson  87'	Stadium: Ochilview Park Referee: Graham Grainger

13 October 2020	Alloa Athletic	2–1	Edinburgh City	Alloa
19:45	Scougall  18' Thomson  85'	[88]	B. Henderson  81'	Stadium: Recreation Park Referee: David Lowe

10 November 2020	Stenhousemuir	0–4	Livingston	Stenhousemuir
19:30		[89]	Forrest  1', 8' Poplatnik  30' Taylor-Sinclair  65'	Stadium: Ochilview Park Referee: Colin Steven

11 November 2020	Airdrieonians	0–1	Edinburgh City	Airdrie
19:45		[90]	B. Henderson  5'	Stadium: Excelsior Stadium Referee: Kevin Graham

14 November 2020	Alloa Athletic	4–2	Stenhousemuir	Alloa
15:00	Buchanan  64', 70' (pen.), 78' Hetherington  90'	[91]	Graham  33' Spence  37' (pen.)	Stadium: Recreation Park Referee: Grant Irvine

14 November 2020	Livingston	4–1	Airdrieonians	Livingston
15:00	Forrest  57', 83' Emmanuel-Thomas  58' (pen.), 67'	[92]	Robert  52'	Stadium: Almondvale Stadium Referee: David Munro

Best runners-up

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	E	Falkirk	4	3	0	0	1	9	3	+6	9	Qualification for the Second Round
2	D	Arbroath	4	3	0	0	1	9	4	+5	9
3	B	Dundee	4	3	0	0	1	9	4	+5	9
4	H	Alloa Athletic	4	3	0	0	1	9	5	+4	9
5	C	Dundee United	4	2	1	0	1	7	3	+4	8
6	A	Raith Rovers	4	2	1	0	1	7	7	0	8
7	F	Annan Athletic	4	2	0	1	1	9	4	+5	7
8	G	Queen of the South	4	1	1	2	0	7	5	+2	7

Source: [3][15][26][37][48][59][70][82]
Rules for classification: 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) goals scored, 4) away goals scored, 5) matches won, 6) away matches won, 7) drawing of lots.[4]

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Notes
Heart of Midlothian	Group A Winner	10 November 2020	Seeded for the second round
Hibernian	Group B Winner	14 November 2020	Seeded for the second round
St Johnstone	Group C Winner	14 November 2020
Ross County	Group D Winner	14 November 2020
Dunfermline Athletic	Group E Winner	14 November 2020	Seeded for the second round
Ayr United	Group F Winner	14 November 2020
St Mirren	Group G Winner	14 November 2020
Livingston	Group H Winner	14 November 2020	Seeded for the second round
Arbroath	Best 4 Runners Up	14 November 2020
Falkirk	Best 4 Runners Up	14 November 2020
Alloa Athletic	Best 4 Runners Up	14 November 2020
Dundee	Best 4 Runners Up	14 November 2020

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alan Forrest	Livingston	5
	Manny Duku	Raith Rovers
	Stevie May	St Johnstone
4	Robert Thomson	Alloa Athletic	3
	Liam Buchanan	Alloa Athletic
	Euan Murray	Dunfermline Athletic
	Blair Henderson	Edinburgh City
	Callumn Morrison	Falkirk
	Craig Wighton	Heart of Midlothian
	Stevie Mallan	Hibernian
	Josh Mullin	Livingston
	Oli Shaw	Ross County
	Ross Stewart	Ross County
	Jonathan Obika	St Mirren

Source:[93]

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External links

• Scottish Professional Football League – League Cup official website